Display stand for merchandise



May 22, 1934.. c. cHRlsTl-:NSEN 1,959,773

DISPLAY STAND FOR MERCHANDlSE Filed vMarch 5l, 1935 HfToR/VEY PatentedMay 22, 1934 [UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application March 31, 1933,Serial No. 663,691 In Denmark April 6, 1932 4 Claims.

It is well known to produce display stands by means of which heavy rollsof merchandise, for instance rolls of linoleum, oilcloth and breadths ofcarpet and cocoa matting can be exhibited while being placed there andunrolled, and by which the rolls of merchandise are supported by a kindof saddle.

The present invention relates to a stand for merchandise, which incomparison with these known stands is mainly characterized in that thesame consists of a frame made from channel irons and held together bymeans of stay bolts enclosed in spacing pipes, which in their turn areencircled by supporting tubes for the rolls of merchandise, which tubesrest on pins or bolts, the ends of the central guide tubes for the saidrolls being introduced into the vertical channel irons by way of a notchprovided for this purpose in the flange of one of the said channelirons.

The invention is illustrated on the drawing, in which Fig. 1 shows thestand in front elevation,

Fig. 2 the same in side elevation,

Fig. 3, to a larger scale, the introducing notches for the guide tubesof the rolls of merchandise,

Fig. 4 a section along the line IV--IV in Fig. 3,

Fig. 5 a manner in which the pins used for supporting the supportingpipes can be fastened to the ilanges of the channel-iron frame,

Fig. 6 a section along the line VI-VI in Fig. 5,

Fig. 7 the manner in which the channel-iron frame of the stand is heldtogether by means of stay bolts and spacing pipes, and

Fig. 8 a section along the line VIII- VIII in Fig. 7.

The frame consists of a channel-iron frame l, the vertical side membersof which are mutually connected and braced by means of two or more staybolts 2 with spacing pipes 3, see Figs. 1, 7 and 8.

The stand is further tted with supporting tubes 4, one for each roll ofmerchandise to be exhibited. The supporting tubes are supported by andrest solely on the pins or bolts marked 5, also at the points where thesupporting tubes are encircling the spacing tubes and stay bolts. Herebythe friction is avoided, which otherwise would be produced between aspacing pipe 3 and a supporting tube 4, during the rotation of thelatter on account of the merchandise being unrolled, see Figs. 1 and 5to 8.

As appears from the drawing and the above explanation, the rolls ofmerchandise 6 resting on the stand are supported by the supporting tubes4, while the guiding of the rolls of merchandise is I J effected byguide tubes 7 inserted in the said rolls, see Figs. 1 and 2.

The placing into position of a roll of merchandise is effected in thatthe latter is lifted and deposited on the supporting tube 4, therighthand end of the guide tube 7 being introduced between the flangesof the right-hand channel iron of the frame 1. Then the left end of theguide tube is inserted, through an opening or notch 8, into the spacebetween the flanges of the left channel iron of the stand, after whichthe roll of merchandise slides down and rests on the supporting tubeand, at the same moment, the roll is automatically locked (braked), andunrolling can only be effected by a pull on the material displayed.

The unrolling is easily effected on the rotary supporting tube, androlling in the opposite direction is effected by turning the roll ofmerchandise the opposite Way.

The left-hand flange of the frame is tted with an introduction openingabove each supporting tube, see Figs. 1, 3 and 4.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim iszl. A display standfor merchandise, comprising a pair of frame members, means securing saidframe members together in spaced relation, a tubular member disposedbetween said frame members in encircling relation to said spacing means,means for supporting said tubular member out of contact with the spacingmeans, and means for supporting a roll of merchandise in peripheralcontact with said tubular member.

2. A display stand for merchandise, comprising a pair of frame members,elongated bolts securing said frame members together, spacing memberscarried by said bolts between the frame members for maintaining saidframe members a fixed distance apart, tubular members encircling saidbolts between said frame members, said tubular members being rollablewith relation to the bolts, means carried by the frame members forsupporting said rollable members out of contact with the bolts, andmeans for supporting rolls of merchandise between the frame members eachin peripheral contact with one of said rollable members.

3. A display stand for merchandise, comprising a pair of frame members,means securing said frame members together in spaced relation, a tubularmember disposed between said frame members in encircling relation tosaid spacing means, pins carried by said frame members berollablerelatively thereto, pins extending transversely of said channel membersbelow the ends of said tubular member thereby to support the same out ofContact with the spacing means, and means for supporting a roll ofmerchandise in peripheral contact with said tubular member, the ends ofsaid supporting means extending into the channels of the frame members,one of said frame members having an opening in one of its flangesthereby to permit removal of the supporting means.

CHARLES CHRISTENSEN.

